Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-12-15
FARMERS DEPARTMENT
rn tie Interest Of sac alliance.
NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Rapcr. Of Secretary Warren.
To fhr .v:aslomaJ EarM,rrs' .sIIiamrc and
6o-ODerdrire gMiOS OF .smericdy

To fkc .Vgfl0naS Farmers sSVi0Hrc and
e'o-oDcrarire gmios Of .smericd.
Being elected your Secretary at the
organization of this body on the 2lSt
of January, 1887, in the city of Waco,
Texas, l was thereby, according to
yOur constitution, made u member of
the Board of Organization. The board
found IN empty trcastry, except $500
borrowed of the State Alliance of Tex
rs. They formulated Vp!an 10y which n
small revenue would accrUc IA soon MS
organizers could be placed in the field,
should they meet with success. The.
board met in the city of Waco on the
22nd of FEBRUARY, March Stli,. April
l2th and May the 10th. We commits
stoned forty brct;icln, including the
national officers. Times were SO hard
it WAS impossible for some of them to
get of after they had. borne the cx-
pcnsc of going to Waco. Others, after
spending all they could raise at home
in order To reach II remInerative field,
iound no encouragement, failed utterly
by reason of sickness, opposition and
the dcspairing mood into which the
farmers in some sections had fallen.
Some Of these brethren WHO are in
dcbtcd to You. l do hope YOU will
relieve by proper enactment. These
forty brethren, by authority of the
Board, dcplftizcd scventy-fiyc others,
and am glad and proud to say that
almost Ill over the South these noble
missionaries in the grand cause of
human freedom were cordially re-
ceivcd by the farmers, entertained
with truc Southern hospitality, and
they did, on the whole, meet with
phenomenal success in the work OF
organization.
There were rs YOU know but two
States represented ut Waco in Janu-
airy, Louisiana and Texas; to-day
there are delegates here from eight
State organizations, and We are about
ready to organize State Alliance in
Georgia, Tennessee, Indian Territory
and New Mexico. lhisSfas been nc
complished by the brethren in tie
field in the astonislingly short space
of six months; something, think, un-
precrdentcd in the history of any or
gtnization. As your secretary, was
cautioned by President Macunc to be
sure and secure sufficient help in my
Office to prevent an accumulation SUI
iiciGnt to cmbaIass the work. l ut
once secured the 1id of Bro. c. VI.
Wilcox, ex.sccrctary of the State AL
lance of Texas. lie has materially
aided me, being thoroughly convcr.
sant with that class of work.
| issucd, by order of the president,
the iirst charter to II subordinate Al
lance, on the 9TH of April; it was or
ganizcd by Bro. w. +. Price, at Val
den; Carroll county, Miss. Bro. w.
X. Dcason organized one earlier but
failed to report first. have issued To
date, by order of the president, l;s'3
charters. making I'M average from
date of first one of 222 l-G per month.
AS the president issues no charts
where State Alliances exist, You will
see that the above does not show the
entire number now organized
The correspondence from every
source and every part of the Uuited
States having increased to such IN ex.
tent, and us was keeping the record
of work done in eleven States and two
Territories, the same as usually kep:
by as many State secretaries, was
compelled to get more help, and did
so, with the consent of the president
aud Bro. G.. B. Pickett, Chairman of
the National Executive Committee. i
employed, OH the 9TH of July, Bro.
John Beckncr, NJ $40 per month. Ny
salary never having been fixed, ] us
cd my own means to some extent. i
have been as economical as | knew
how. | have used 1895 OF National
money; said amount you will see char.
ged to me.
now ask your attention to the f.
nancial statement herein attached,
which has been thoroughly and care
fully examined in connection with my
books and vouchers by your executive
committee, and by them approved.
BY it you will see that my office,
with the assistance of the board of or
ganization and tic noble workers in
the field has paid Off debt OF $500 to
the Texas State Alliance, paid the
running expenses of the office, except
n part of mine and Bro. Wilcox's sal
airy. and that there is $430.47 OH hand
and Sll50 due the office.
have never turned any money over
to the National treasurer, because the
printing and other expenses have left
no surplus on hand until now, in lieu
of wliich have made q monthly finan-
cial statement to President e. w. Ma
cunc. Approaching the power OF the
press ] have used every effort to win
to our cause every class of journals
and where they could not DO induced
TO espouse our cause have endcavor-
ed to conciliate and neu tralize them by